The board of West Kentucky Public Service Journalism Inc., which publishes the Hendersonian, includes Kim Terry, Susie Thurman, Doug White, Donald Wathen and Emily Hurt.
Kim Terry is married to Faye Terry with two sons. He is a Henderson native and Western Kentucky University graduate in Business Management. He formerly worked as District Manager for The Gleaner. Currently he is the athletic director and basketball coach at Holy Name School and also serves as Vice Chairman for the local Boys and Girls Club. Retired educator Susan Sommers Thurman, a native Hendersonian and graduate of Holy Name High School, taught for many years at North Middle School, Henderson County High School and Henderson Community College. She is the author of a number of books and articles, mainly in the fields of education, language arts and history. In her spare time, she enjoys writing, volunteering with local projects, taking visitors on tours of her hometown, and, of course, reading the Hendersonian.
Douglas White, a native of Louisville, Ky., has lived in Henderson County since 1990 and has more than three decades of community journalism experience, most of that as an editor and reporter in Henderson and Evansville. He is currently a medical editor. He and his wife, a retired Henderson elementary school teacher, have one teen-age daughter at home as well as an adult daughter who lives in Evansville.Donald Wathen was born and raised in Henderson County, the son of Henderson County parents and grandparents. He was educated at Holy Name School, graduating in 1968 from Holy Name High School. Following high school, he attended the Henderson Community College for two years and later graduated from Parsons College with a Bachelor Degree in History with an English minor. At the University of Kentucky, he earned a Master’s Degree in Library Science. In 1973, he was hired to the faculty of Henderson High School (City High), and in 1977, he joined the faculty of Owensboro High School. In Nov. of 1978, he became the Director of the Henderson County Public Library. Since his retirement in 2011, Wathen has devoted his time to horseback riding and volunteer work in Henderson, especially with St. Vincent de Paul, the Friends of Audubon, The College Foundation (HCC) and the Henderson Lions Club.
Coming soon, new board member Emily Hurt.
The Hendersonian’s editor and publisher is Vince Tweddell.
Vince Tweddell is the founder, editor and publisher of the Hendersonian. He has worked at various newspapers as both a full-time reporter and freelancer and has also taught English and journalism at the high school, community college and university levels in Kentucky, Indiana, Oregon and China. He lives in Henderson, his hometown, with his wife and two daughters.
The Hendersonian’s ad sales representative and grant writer is Nate Boyett.
